Like an apple treeכְּתַפּוּחַamong the treesבַּעֲצֵיof the forest,הַיַּעַרso isכֵּןmy belovedדּוֹדִיamong the boys;בֵּין הַבָּנִיםin his shadeבְּצִלּוֹI delightedחִמַּדְתִּיand sat,וְיָשַׁבְתִּיand his fruitוּפִרְיוֹwas sweetמָתוֹקto my palate.לְחִכִּי
Song of Songs 2:3
Study it in the app“Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the boys; in his shade I delighted and sat, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 2:3, word by word
- Like an apple treeתַפּוּחַtapuach
apple, apple tree
An apple; also the apple tree.
Where else “tapuach” appears- among the treesעֲצֵיatse
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “atse” appears- of the forestיַּעַרyaar
forest
Land covered with trees, where many grow together.
Where else “yaar” appears- my belovedדּוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- among the boysבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- in his shadeצִלּtsil
shade
Protecting shade: "in the shadow of your wings".
Where else “tsil” appears- I delightedחִמַּדְתִּיchimadti
covet
To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.
Where else “chimadti” appears- and satיָשַׁבְתִּיyashavti
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashavti” appears- and his fruitפִרְיfiry
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “firy” appears- was sweetמָתוֹקmatok
sweet
Sweet; what is sweet.
Where else “matok” appears- to my palateחִכִּchiki
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chiki” appears
The context
2Like a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the girls.
3 · This verse (above)
4He brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me was love.